Photos of the day: Sheikh Mohammed inaugurates Dubai Metro Route 2020; tourists arrive at Dubai airport; conjoined twins separated in Italy

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Holiday-makers and residents land at Dubai International Airport, Terminal 3 on July 8, 2020, a day after Dubai reopened to tourists. Photo: Shihab/Khaleej Times
Holiday-makers and residents land at Dubai International Airport, Terminal 3 on July 8, 2020, a day after Dubai reopened to tourists. Photo: Shihab/Khaleej Times
Precautionary sign placed at the front desk for the safety and comfort of their guests in a Hotel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Photo: Ryan Lim/Khaleej Times
Precautionary sign placed at the front desk for the safety and comfort of their guests in a Hotel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Photo: Ryan Lim/Khaleej Times
A worker takes mid-day break under shade at a construction site in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.  Photo: Shihab/Khaleej Times
A worker takes mid-day break under shade at a construction site in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Photo: Shihab/Khaleej Times
Safety stickers placed on the floor of a gym in Abu Dhabi reminding residents to maintain safe distance while doing the workout. Photo: Ryan Lim/Khaleej Times
Safety stickers placed on the floor of a gym in Abu Dhabi reminding residents to maintain safe distance while doing the workout. Photo: Ryan Lim/Khaleej Times
An aerial view of the Ain Dubai, the world's tallest Ferris wheel, in Dubai. Photo: AFP
An aerial view of the Ain Dubai, the world's tallest Ferris wheel, in Dubai. Photo: AFP
Players 'takes a knee' in support of the Black Lives Matter movement on the first day of the first Test cricket match between England and the West Indies at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton, southwest England. Photo: AFP
Players 'takes a knee' in support of the Black Lives Matter movement on the first day of the first Test cricket match between England and the West Indies at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton, southwest England. Photo: AFP
Sebian police officers clash with protesters in front of the parliament building in Belgrade, Serbia. Thousands of people protested the Serbian president's announcement that a lockdown will be reintroduced after the Balkan country reported its highest single-day death toll from the coronavirus. Photo: AP
Sebian police officers clash with protesters in front of the parliament building in Belgrade, Serbia. Thousands of people protested the Serbian president's announcement that a lockdown will be reintroduced after the Balkan country reported its highest single-day death toll from the coronavirus. Photo: AP
Ermine holds her twins Ervina and Prefina as she poses with Carlo Efisio Marras, top right, head of the Bambino Gesu hospital's neurosurgery department and the staff, in Rome, June 30, 2020. Doctors at the Vatican‚ A¨o^s pediatric hospital said they have successfully separated conjoined twins whose skulls were fused back-to-back, an exceedingly rare surgery for an equally rare congenital defect. Photo: AP
Ermine holds her twins Ervina and Prefina as she poses with Carlo Efisio Marras, top right, head of the Bambino Gesu hospital's neurosurgery department and the staff, in Rome, June 30, 2020. Doctors at the Vatican‚ A¨o^s pediatric hospital said they have successfully separated conjoined twins whose skulls were fused back-to-back, an exceedingly rare surgery for an equally rare congenital defect. Photo: AP
Rescuers evacuate residents on a raft through flood waters in Jiujiang in central China's Jiangxi province, China. Photo: AP
Rescuers evacuate residents on a raft through flood waters in Jiujiang in central China's Jiangxi province, China. Photo: AP
A man carrying his belongings walks at the banks of Hooghly river in the backdrop of dark clouds looming in the sky, in Nadia district. Photo: PTI
A man carrying his belongings walks at the banks of Hooghly river in the backdrop of dark clouds looming in the sky, in Nadia district. Photo: PTI
Employees of the civil aircraft manufacturing company Airbus wave tarde unions flags during a demonstration around the runways of Toulouse-Blagnac airport, to protest against a social plan to cut 5,000 jobs in France. Photo: AFP
Employees of the civil aircraft manufacturing company Airbus wave tarde unions flags during a demonstration around the runways of Toulouse-Blagnac airport, to protest against a social plan to cut 5,000 jobs in France. Photo: AFP
A vendor waits for customers at his shop selling items used to decorate animals for the upcoming Eid Al Adha festival  in Lahore, Pakistan. Photo: AFP
A vendor waits for customers at his shop selling items used to decorate animals for the upcoming Eid Al Adha festival in Lahore, Pakistan. Photo: AFP
NSW police officers speak to drivers hoping to cross from the state of Victoria into New South Wales (NSW) at a border check point after the border was closed in response to a surge in coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases in Victoria, in Albury, New South Wales, Australia. Photo: Reuters
NSW police officers speak to drivers hoping to cross from the state of Victoria into New South Wales (NSW) at a border check point after the border was closed in response to a surge in coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases in Victoria, in Albury, New South Wales, Australia. Photo: Reuters
A man looks at the front pages of newspapers with the news of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro being a confirmed case of the new coronavirus, at a newsstand in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo: AFP
A man looks at the front pages of newspapers with the news of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro being a confirmed case of the new coronavirus, at a newsstand in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo: AFP
Passengers wearing protective masks travel on an overcrowded train towards capital city, amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Photo: Reuters
Passengers wearing protective masks travel on an overcrowded train towards capital city, amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Photo: Reuters
Guests pose as they sit inside a teardrop-shaped tent hanging from a tree created by Dutch artist Dre Wapenaar, offering an unusual accommodation for tourists in the Belgian countryside, near Borgloon, Belgium. Photo: Reuters
Guests pose as they sit inside a teardrop-shaped tent hanging from a tree created by Dutch artist Dre Wapenaar, offering an unusual accommodation for tourists in the Belgian countryside, near Borgloon, Belgium. Photo: Reuters
A Bahrain make-up artist, Eman Javeed, gives online make-up classes from her home, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Isa, Bahrain. Photo: Reuters
A Bahrain make-up artist, Eman Javeed, gives online make-up classes from her home, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Isa, Bahrain. Photo: Reuters
Labourers work to complete a cable-stayed bridge, during Unlock 2.0, at Durgam Cheruvu in Hyderabad, India. The bridge would cut short the distance between Jubilee hills and Madhapur. Photo: PTI
Labourers work to complete a cable-stayed bridge, during Unlock 2.0, at Durgam Cheruvu in Hyderabad, India. The bridge would cut short the distance between Jubilee hills and Madhapur. Photo: PTI

Published: Thu 9 Jul 2020, 12:09 PM

Last updated: Thu 9 Jul 2020, 2:59 PM

Visitors wearing face masks enjoy a ride on the reopening day of the Spanish resort and theme park complex PortAventura World Resort in Salou, after a national lockdown to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. Photo: AFP <p></p> <p></p>(Research: Mohammad Thanweeruddin)
Visitors wearing face masks enjoy a ride on the reopening day of the Spanish resort and theme park complex PortAventura World Resort in Salou, after a national lockdown to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. Photo: AFP <p></p> <p></p>(Research: Mohammad Thanweeruddin)

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